Below you will find links to the biomedical conference papers that our students have written / presented at national conferences.
Intact Leg Loading
In order to discover new designs that would - at the very least - mitigate osteoarthritis issues in the intact knee of transfemoral amputation patients, LeTourneau University Biomedical students are collecting data on the loads and stresses that are placed upon the intact limb. In this way they may find a way to lessen or eliminate those stresses. Below is a link to the abstract for this work.
Presented at: Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society, 2018
/academics/engineering/files/2018-bmes-abstract.pdf
Transfemoral Prosthetic Gait Simulator
The work that is mentioned above (Intact Leg Loading) could not have started unless the Biomedical team first designed a testing apparatus. During initial prototype evaluations, collecting experimental data from actual patients might be challenging due to limited mobility to access a laboratory and possible secondary conditions prevalent among patients with mobility impairment [1]. Therefore, experiments would be conducted more safely and efficiently if individuals without mobility impairment could perform given simulated motor tasks affected by the impairment. The paper below is the abstract of this work.
Presented at: Annual Meeting of American Society of Biomechanics, 2017
/academics/engineering/files/biomedical-2017-asb-abstract.pdf
Direct Effects of Wearing Knee Brace on Landing
A prophylactic knee brace is often used to protect reinjury to the knee. The effects of wearing a knee brace on motor activities after rehabilitation may be influenced by several factors such as the extent of injury, rehabilitation protocols, neuromuscular adaptation over time, and psychological factors (e.g., fear of reinjury), which makes difficult to isolate the “direct” effect of a knee brace. This study compared the ground reaction forces during landing maneuvers performed by 20 non-injured athletes with and without wearing a knee brace.
Presented at: Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society, 2024
/academics/engineering/files/2024-bmes-abstract.pdf
